John's been campaigning on issues for ten years. Now communication director at online campaign platform Change.org, John blogs on campaigns, communications and how people powered change is shifting the political and social landscape.

There was an in-depth look at global campaigning movement Avaaz in Sunday's Observer. Its founder, Ricken Patel, was interviewed about how it builds movements online to secure change. It was a generally fascinating piece, but the headline was bothersome to me - "Can Online Activism Really Change the...

When you're campaigning on something, people often don't care. They don't care on message boards; they don't care on Twitter and Facebook; they don't care, most robustly, in the comments on news websites. "This is not important" they cry; "this campaign is a waste of time", they declare. "Isn't there...

To put it how a player might, football's had a shocker. After a week of abject racism and thuggery, Reading striker Jason Roberts was joined by Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand and other professional footballers in deciding to make a point about racism in football by not wearing the Kick...

It's very, very difficult to feel sorry for George Osborne or Theresa May, or indeed any politician who puts themselves up for a photo opportunity that backfires. But I did feel a tiny twinge of sympathy when the boos rang out in the Olympic Stadium as they handed out the...